After Ayanna was born in Ears
Mama Drama
Maternity
Motherhood
Natural Hair
Pony Tail
June, I spent much of my maternity leave with my hair pulled back in a messy pony tail. Then I cut it off at the ears to speed drying times. It wasn’t enough. So then I investigated growing my natural hair out to eliminate …

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Women who plan to go back to work soon after birth will have to plan carefully if they want to breast-feed. If her job allows, a new mother can pump her breast milk several times during the day and refrigerate or freeze it for the baby to take in a bottle later. Or, some women alternate nursing at night and on weekends with daytime bottles of formula. The academy recommends that babies be breast-fed for six to 12 months. The only acceptable alternative to breast milk is infant formula. Solid foods can be introduced when the baby is 4 to 6 months old, but a baby should drink breast milk or formula, not cow's milk, for a full year.